Tack and nail puller.



No. 858,034- PATENTED JUNE 25, 1907.

R. E. SMITH. I TACK AND NAIL FULLER.

APPLICATION FILED-AUG. 22, 1904.

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT R. SMITH, OF PHILADELPHIA, SYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO GENERAL SPECIALTY MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

TACK AND NAIL PULLER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

. Patented. June 25, 1907.

Application filed A t, 22,1904. Serial No. 221,761.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ROBERT R. SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improved Tack and Nail Puller,

of which the following is a specification.

This invention is an improved implement for extracting tacks, staples and nails from carpets, mattings, floors and the like. Its leading purposes are to provide an implement that can be operated with facility and without discomfort, to ,efiect the withdrawal of the object to be extracted by a straight or substantially straight pull so that the extraction may be effected with the minimum application of force and without injury to the objects operated upon, and to provide parts that are susceptible of ready formation and assemblage.

The nature and characteristic features of the improvements will appear from the following description and the accompanying drawings in illustration thereof, of which:

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of an implement made in accordance with my invention: Fig. 2 represents a sectional view thereof taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1: Fig. 3 represents a sectional view thereof taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1 Fig. 4 represents a sectional view thereof taken on the line 14 of Fig. 1: Fig. 5 represents a view similar to that shown in Fig. 3 with a modified form of claw: and Fig. 6 represents a detached view of the form of claw shown in Fig. 5.

The implement comprises a lever 10, which may be stamped from sheet metal, having the handle 11 and the head 12 extending transversely thereto, the body being formed with the parallel cheeks 10 having the open parallel slots 17 therein, and the head being formed with the parallel cheeks 12 having the parallel slots 16 therein and the base 20 extending between the cheeks. A second stamped sheet metal lever 13 with the handle 14 has its short arm inserted between the body cheeks of the first lever and the pin 18 set therein inserted in the slots 17. A bearing member or strut 19, inserted between the the strut 19 which acts as a fulcrum in the operation of the mechanism. A coiled spring 2 1 is placed on the fulcrum strut between the base 20 and the lever 13 to separate the handles and draw the head and strut together whenthe head has been elevated on the strut by closing the handles. The bifurcated claw 23, for lifting tacks or nails, or the single claw 24 for lifting staples, may be connected to the head in any suitable manner as by the screws 22.

In operation, when the handles are graspe in the hand and the handle 14 elevated or the handles forced together, the lever 13, acting through the fulcrum pin 18 and bearing on the fulcrum strut 19, will elevate the head 12 and the claw attached thereto, drawing the tack, nail or staple vertically without injury thereto and most readily by reason of the direction of the pull thereon. The object having been drawn and the pressure on the handles relaxed, the spring 21, which has been compressed by the operation, draws the head and the fulcrum strut together into position for a second operation. The mode of operation permits the work to be performed with out requiring or allowing the hand to strike against or come in contact with the surface operated upon, thus avoiding the unpleasant abrasing and bruising common to the opera: tions of the usual extractors.

As the levers can be stamped from sheet metal and the parts readily assembled, the device can be constructed and sold for a comparatively small price.

It will be understood that the principle of the invention is not limited to the structure or mode of operation described as various changes may readily be made therein without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having described my invention, I claim 1. An implement of the class described comprising a lever having a transversely extending head with cheeks, a claw attached to said head, a strut disposed between said cheeks, and a device pivotally connected to said strut, said lever being fulcrumed upon said device.

2. An implement of the class described comprising a lever having a transversely extending head with cheeks, a claw attached to said head, a strut disposed between said cheeks, and a lever having a pivotal connection to said strut and a pivotal connection to said first lever.

3. An implement of the class described comprising a lever having a transversely extending head, a claw connected to said head, a strut, a spring connected with said head and strut for moving one with reference to the other, and a device on which said lever is fulcrumed, said device being fulcrumed said strut.

4. An implement of the class described comprising a lever having cheeks with parallel slots therein, a claw connected to said lever, a second lever having a fulcrum movably supported in said slots, and a strut to which said second lever is connected.

5. An implement of the class described comprising a lever having a transversely extending head With cheeks provided with guides, a claw connected to said head, a strut engaged to said guides, and a fulcrum by which said lever reciprocates said head relatively to said strut, substantially as specified.

6. An implement of the class described comprising a lever having head cheeks with parallel slots therein and body cheeks with parallel slots therein, a claw connected to said head, a lever having a fulcrum movably supported in the slots of said body cheeks, and a bearing member extending between said head cheeks and having a fulcrum connection with said last named lever movable in the slots in said head cheeks, substantially as specified.

7. An implement of the class described tending head, a claw connected to said head, a bearing member on which said head reciprocates, a second lever having a fulcrum con nection with said first lever and a fulcrum connection with said bearing member, and a spring for drawing said head and bearing member together, substantially as specified.

8. An implement of the class described comprising a lever having head cheeks and body cheeks, said head having a base extending between its cheeks, a claw connected to said head, a lever extending between and fulcrumed in said body cheeks, a strut extending through said base into said head and having a fulcrum connection with said last named lever, and a spring supported within said head by said'base and connected with said strut and last named lever, substantially as specified.

9. An implement of the class described comprising a strut, a lever fulcrumed on said strut, a second lever fulcrumed on said first lever and having a transversely disposed head, and a claw connected to said head, said head having means for engaging said strut and guiding the reciprocation of each with reference to the other.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ROBT. R. SMITH.

Witnesses:

G. PARKMAN,

comprising a lever having a transversely ex- E. DANIELS. 

